10 U.S.C. § 1219
Statement of origin of disease or injury: limitations
A member of an armed force may not be required to sign a statement relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of a disease or injury that he has. Any such statement against his interests, signed by a member, is invalid.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1983–2007 · leading case: Lanier v. Hines v. Anthony J. Principi, 18 Vet. App. 227 (Vet. App. 2004).
Lanier v. Hines v. Anthony J. Principi, 18 Vet. App. 227 (Vet. App. 2004). “He argues that the Board failed to consider 10 U.S.C. § 1219 as implemented by 38 C.F.”
Mariner v. United States, 1 Cl. Ct. 430 (Ct. Cl. 1983). “ase to the PEB on account of his questionable fitness under Army regulations; that it erred in failing to find that his arthritis was “incurred” while he was entitled to basic pay; and, that in finding plaintiffs arthritis to have existed prior to service, the MEB improperly…”
Rose v. Nicholson, 250 F. App'x 302 (Fed. Cir. 2007). “Although Rose contends that the Veterans Court’s decision involved the validity or interpretation of 10 U.S.C. § 1219 , that statute governs the validity of signed statements relating to the origin, incur-rence, or aggravation of a disease or injury.”
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